Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 511,916 - Electric Generator Patent Wrapper Page 5

12 hould gire the sorial number, date of fiing, and title of lavendon Any gomasundontion respecting this application N. Tesla, c/o Duncan & Page, (2-07La) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, Room No....87. All communications should be addressed to "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." #120 Bdwy., N.Y.City. WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 30, 1893. Subject: Electric Generators. OCT 30 1893 Filed Aug. 19, 1893. No. Please find below a communication from the EXAMINED in charge of the application above noted. be identified by its serial number. 483,582. Itens. Seperear The application referred to near the top of page 1 should Commissioner of Patents.. Claims 1, 2, 3 and 4 are rejected. Claims 1 and 3 are fully met by English pa tent to Varley, # 5,055, Oct. 24, 1882, and French patent to Deprez , #154,448, March 22, 1883-3 Ser. Vol. 47-11 c12. 2B.p. 38, pl. 14, "Magneto Electric. Claims 2 and 4 are objectionable for the reason that they are limited merely by the function of the apparatus. Claim 3 is objectionable further for the reason that it includes two alternative constructions, namely, the generator shown in Fig. 1 and also that shown in Fig. 2. Both can not be specifically claimed in the same application. Ges. L. Morton soluz Ecan